The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 144
... printed in some editions with a point of interrogation ; but wrongly . Death did know for whom , as his previous speech shows ; and the meaning is " though thou knowest for whom . " There is a semicolon only in the original editions ...
... printed in some editions with a point of interrogation ; but wrongly . Death did know for whom , as his previous speech shows ; and the meaning is " though thou knowest for whom . " There is a semicolon only in the original editions ...
Page 153
... , to me expunged and rased . " The meaning is : -presented with a universal blank page or surface ( tabula rasa ) of Nature's works , instead of the matter or printed book BOOK III . ] 153 Notes to Paradise Lost . PAGE.
... , to me expunged and rased . " The meaning is : -presented with a universal blank page or surface ( tabula rasa ) of Nature's works , instead of the matter or printed book BOOK III . ] 153 Notes to Paradise Lost . PAGE.
Page 154
... printed book . Nay , as " blank , " in the original text , is spelt " blanc , " there may be a reference to the whiteness of the page . For Milton himself tells us , in a letter written on the subject of his blindness ( Epist . Fam . 15 ...
... printed book . Nay , as " blank , " in the original text , is spelt " blanc , " there may be a reference to the whiteness of the page . For Milton himself tells us , in a letter written on the subject of his blindness ( Epist . Fam . 15 ...
Page 164
... printed " medal . " 597. " to the twelve that shone in Aaron's breast - plate . " " To the twelve " here seems to mean " and the rest of the twelve . " For the twelve stones in Aaron's breast - plate , see Exod . xxviii . 17-20 . 602 ...
... printed " medal . " 597. " to the twelve that shone in Aaron's breast - plate . " " To the twelve " here seems to mean " and the rest of the twelve . " For the twelve stones in Aaron's breast - plate , see Exod . xxviii . 17-20 . 602 ...
Page 233
... printed " blushing " in most of the editions . 432. " Herself , though fairest , " & c . Compare IV . 269 , 270 . 436. " voluble " : rolling on as serpents do ( volubilis ) . 438. " hand " : i.e. handiwork . 439-443 . " those gardens ...
... printed " blushing " in most of the editions . 432. " Herself , though fairest , " & c . Compare IV . 269 , 270 . 436. " voluble " : rolling on as serpents do ( volubilis ) . 438. " hand " : i.e. handiwork . 439-443 . " those gardens ...
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